George Kendall's letters relate to the Texan Santa Fe expedition and his book, The War between the United States and Mexico. Accompanying these are a draft of a letter from Kendall's family to Daniel Webster, Secretary of State, and his answer.
Subject (Name):
Kendall, Geo. Wilkins (George Wilkins), 1809-1867, Kendall, Thaddeus, Rix, Catherine F. Kendall, Rix, William, 1811-1892, and United States Department of State
Subject (Topic):
Mexican War, 1846-1848, Texan Santa Fé Expedition, 1841, and The War between the United States and Mexico
Also present are two photographs, apparently of Beresford, undated, and three picture postcards with illustrations of Warner Hot Springs. Letters and story installments are accompanied by seventeen envelopes. and Twelve ALS, most dated at Warner Springs or Santa Ysabel, San Diego County, California, to his niece, "Mrs. Joseph H. A. Symonds," New York City; and twelve installments of a story written by Beresford, about cowboys, Indians, and mysticism, titled "The Green Crystal, or, The Witch Stone," holograph, also sent to his niece. Six of the letters, 1921-1923, accompany or are appended to sections of the story; these mostly concern his experiences in writing, his life in Santa Ysabel, and family news. Six earlier letters, 1908-1919, describe his experiences in the West, including discussion of a prospecting trip in the Colorado Desert, a cattle drive in Arizona, ranch life, and relations between Americans and Mexicans. Two letters enclose poems by Beresford, titled "Prospecting," holograph, and "The Herd's Mad Race," typescript with holograph corrections. "Prospecting" and installments of "The Green Crystal" are signed by Beresford, using the pseudonym, "Tychualla."
Description:
Purchased from Charles Hamilton on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 1962.
Subject (Geographic):
Mexican-American Border Region--Social conditions, San Diego County (Calif.)--Social life and customs, Santa Ysabel (Calif.), and Warner Springs (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Beresford, Joseph D. Green Crystal., Beresford, Joseph D. Witch stone., and Symonds, Joseph H. A., Mrs
Subject (Topic):
Cattle trails--Arizona, Mysticism, Prospecting--Colorado Desert (Calif. and Mexico), and Ranch life--California--San Diego County
George Suckley's correspondence with family, Isaac Stevens, and colleagues, describes the Stevens expedition to survey a northern route for a Pacific railroad in 1853, his life on the west coast 1854-56, the northwest Indian wars of 1854-58, and an 1859 overland journey to Utah with troops in 1859. Some letters document a controversy with Stevens over publication of Suckley's natural history of Washington Territory.
Description:
Accompanied by several leaves from Isaac Stevens's Narrative and Final Report, 1860, which describes the railway survey from Fort Owen to Vancouver., Dr. George Suckley, born in New York, graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York and became an army doctor. In 1853 he joined the Isaac I. Stevens railway survey as surgeon and naturalist and served in the Indian wars and at Fort Steilacoom as an assistant surgeon until 1858. The following year he was back east but returned across the Plains with recruits for the Utah regiment., and Gift of William Robertson Coe.
Subject (Geographic):
Washington (State)--Description and travel and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Stevens, Isaac Ingalls,m1818-1862, Suckley, George, 1830-1869, Suckley, John H, and Suckley, Mary
Subject (Topic):
Railroads--Washington (State)--Surveying and Yakama Indians--Wars, 1855-1859
